Definition of sportive | Bee Dictionary of English

Thirty-seven years ago sportive King Edward VII, adopting the most pious demeanor in his repertoire, journeyed to sooty Liverpool and laid the cornerstone of the Church of England.
Of him, a sportive and popular Teuton savant, Count Hermann Keyserling, has said: "The two contributions of America to world culture are Professor Dewey and Negro jazz."
The same sportive hormones may be active in Imelda.

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Dudu Aouate in Canoe.ca (registration)
The sportive, knightly battle awakens the best human characteristics. It doesn't separate, but unites the combatants in understanding and respect. He also helps to connect the countries in the spirit of peace. That's why the Olympic Flame should... Adolf Hitler http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHTbPSsEEp_Y0XO1mwK_o5cKeYgLg Mounteverest http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mounteverest.net/news.php%3Fnews%3D16626&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFbx3AtOsRnUttTGWz-v633Vakj3w Oct 18, 2007 93467 124253 sportive England is a big enough team to qualify for the Euro, I think things were in their hands," Israeli goalkeeper Dudu Awat said. "We want to go to the game in the most sportive way possible and in order to get points and that's it."
Fernando Alonso in International Herald Tribune
There were some decisions that were not sportive and not fair and I know that and I think the people who did it, they know that,Alonso said Sunday as he looked back over the season.

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